Croatia – Kosovo PREDICTIONS & BETTING TIPS

Posted on: August 28, 2017

Our football match prediction:

Croatia

Match Time & Date:

02/09/2017

19:45 GMT

Prediction: 3-0

Kosovo

Croatia will be aiming to bounce back from a 1-0 loss to Iceland when they host rock-bottom Kosovo at their Stadion Maksimir on Saturday evening. The Vatreni sit in top position in Group I, but they are level on points with second-placed Iceland and only two points above both Turkey and Ukraine, who are breathing down their neck. The Croats are desperate to pick up all three points from Saturday’s football match and we predict that coach Ante Cacic is going to field the best possible side against Kosovo. Albert Bunjaki’s charges kicked off their 2018 World Cup campaign with a 1-1 draw against Finland, but they have been struggling in Group I ever since. Real Madrid ace Luka Modric has been in a fine form at the start of the 2017/2018 La Liga campaign and the Real Madrid ace is likely to prove a handful for the opposition defenders.

Croatia will be aiming to bounce back from a 1-0 loss to Iceland when they host rock-bottom Kosovo at their Stadion Maksimir on Saturday evening. The Vatreni sit in top position in Group I, but they are level on points with second-placed Iceland and only two points above both Turkey and Ukraine, who are breathing down their neck. The Croats are desperate to pick up all three points from Saturday’s football match and we predict that coach Ante Cacic is going to field the best possible side against Kosovo. Albert Bunjaki’s charges kicked off their 2018 World Cup campaign with a 1-1 draw against Finland, but they have been struggling in Group I ever since. Real Madrid ace Luka Modric has been in a fine form at the start of the 2017/2018 La Liga campaign and the Real Madrid ace is likely to prove a handful for the opposition defenders.

Highlighted Player (Perisic):

Ivan Perisic is a Croatian football player born on 2nd of February 1989 in Split. Perisic started his football career in the youth of Hajduk Split where FC Sochaux discovered him by a very young age. After playing for FC Sochaux, Club Brugge, Borussia Dortmund and Wolfsburg Inter Milan transferred him for approximately 17 million euro. Perisic made his debut for the Croatian national team in 2011. Perisic played in all big tournaments so far such as the EURO 2012 and the World Cup 2014. In several EURO 2016 qualification matches Perisic was the captain of the national team.Perisic is known for being a strong right-footed attacking midfielder. Because of his strength and vision it’s hard to win a duel against Perisic. One of Perisic’ biggest weaknesses is his lack of technique which is required to play for the biggest football clubs. Perisic won several prizes in his career but didn’t always play a big role in them. In season 2010/2011 Perisic was topscorer of the highest Belgian football division scoring 22 goals.

Highlighted Team (Kosovo):

Despite the fact that a number of countries have yet to recognize Kosovo, they have been participating in the World Cup qualifiers September 5, 2016. Kosovo did well to hold Finland to a 1-1 draw in their opener, but they were outclassed by Croatia (0-6) in their second group game. Albert Bunjaki’s men have slim chances of qualifying for the showpiece tournament in Russia, but, no doubt, they will use qualifying matches to gain a much-needed experience. Kosovo recorded their biggest win over Monaco on April 22, 2006, but they were not a member of FIFA back then. The Kosovo national football team played their first ever international friendly against Haiti in March 2014 and the match ended in a goalless draw. Kosovo footballers wear blue shirts and black shorts when playing at home, while they play in yellow shirts and yellow shorts when facing their rivals on the road. Albert Bunjaku, who played for the likes of Nurnberg and Kaiserslautern in the past, is the team’s most notable player.